Director, Strategic Planning & Operations, Value & Evidence

AbbVie•Mettawa, IL

20h

About The Position

Serve as the principal advisor and right hand to the Vice President of Value & Evidence, supporting strategy development, operational excellence, and cross-functional initiatives. Lead strategic planning and execution for V&E, aligning business objectives with enterprise goals. Includes providing direction and oversight across V&E to ensure effective planning, execution and assessment of progress to maximize organizational impact. Drive operational effectiveness by building and optimizing processes, reporting, and performance metrics and/or managing operational initiatives to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency. Designs and implements control systems and metrics to ensure efficient, effective, high quality, and timely V&E services and deliverables. Serve as chief communicator and facilitator for leadership team meetings, program reviews, and major initiatives. Includes defining agendas, managing topics/decisions/actions, and contributing as a member of the leadership team. Leverage this leadership team to provide guidance and foster strong alignment across V&E pillars, MHI and cross-functional partners across AbbVie. Leverage V&E team to highlight best practices and shared learnings across V&E pillars and cross functional partners to continually improve processes, streamline tool development and engage V&E employees. Partner with stakeholders across research, medical, development, and commercial to coordinate V&E projects and shared initiatives. Empower data driven decisions on resource allocation, process and quality improvement across V&E pillars. Contribute to the operational support of the V&E budget, headcount and capital asset planning. Support change management, culture, and talent development efforts within the function. Serve as ambassador of Value & Evidence and maintain strong connectivity with strategic planning & operations leads from other MHI pillars and stakeholder functions. Provide strategic direction and oversight across the Value & Evidence teams to ensure effective planning, execution and assessment of progress to maximize organizational impact. Recruit, develop and retain diverse talent to the V&E Operations team that delivers actionable insights from the pillars and enables the effective implementation of global initiatives.

Requirements

Advanced degree (science, health care, technology/informatics, business management)
Greater than or equal to 10 years of pharmaceutical experience
Direct people management experience
Demonstrated leadership success in a pharmaceutical or biotech company
5 – 7 years of pharmaceutical management experience required
Demonstrated understanding of the complexities and success of working in the global pharmaceutical environment
Strong business acumen and learning agility; ability to leverage business principles to support V&E, MHI and enterprise initiatives
Proven leadership skills to lead and influence cross-functional matrix teams
Strong communicator and ability to influence across the enterprise
Demonstrated ability to deliver results, effectively manage teams, partner with cross-functional colleagues, build strong relationships and serve as a role-model for leadership behaviors
Experience working with a global mindset to deliver on business priorities and objectives
Commitment to building and developing team members and deliver effective coaching and feedback

Nice To Haves

Higher degree or certifications (e.g. MS., MBA, LSS, Masters in Project Management, PMP) preferred

Responsibilities

Serve as the principal advisor and right hand to the Vice President of Value & Evidence, supporting strategy development, operational excellence, and cross-functional initiatives.
Lead strategic planning and execution for V&E, aligning business objectives with enterprise goals.
Provide direction and oversight across V&E to ensure effective planning, execution and assessment of progress to maximize organizational impact.
Drive operational effectiveness by building and optimizing processes, reporting, and performance metrics and/or managing operational initiatives to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency.
Design and implement control systems and metrics to ensure efficient, effective, high quality, and timely V&E services and deliverables.
Serve as chief communicator and facilitator for leadership team meetings, program reviews, and major initiatives.
Define agendas, manage topics/decisions/actions, and contribute as a member of the leadership team.
Leverage the leadership team to provide guidance and foster strong alignment across V&E pillars, MHI and cross-functional partners across AbbVie.
Leverage the V&E team to highlight best practices and shared learnings across V&E pillars and cross functional partners to continually improve processes, streamline tool development and engage V&E employees.
Partner with stakeholders across research, medical, development, and commercial to coordinate V&E projects and shared initiatives.
Empower data driven decisions on resource allocation, process and quality improvement across V&E pillars.
Contribute to the operational support of the V&E budget, headcount and capital asset planning.
Support change management, culture, and talent development efforts within the function.
Serve as ambassador of Value & Evidence and maintain strong connectivity with strategic planning & operations leads from other MHI pillars and stakeholder functions.
Provide strategic direction and oversight across the Value & Evidence teams to ensure effective planning, execution and assessment of progress to maximize organizational impact.
Recruit, develop and retain diverse talent to the V&E Operations team that delivers actionable insights from the pillars and enables the effective implementation of global initiatives.